Geography

The Heat is On: Understanding Local Climate Changepart of Cutting Edge:Visualization:Examples Students draw conclusions about the extent to which multiple decades of temperature data about Phoenix suggest that a shift in local climate is taking place as opposed to exhibiting nothing more than natural ...

Northridge: A Case Study of an Urban Earthquakepart of Cutting Edge:GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2 Michael Mayhew and Michelle Hall, Science Education Solutions Summary The 1994 Northridge Earthquake Case Study explores the mystery of how such a major fault could have been missed within a tectonic basin that is ...

Richmond's Urban Heat Islandpart of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Urban Geology:Activities Students will be asked questions regarding the causes and impacts of the UHI. They will also be asked to apply this knowledge to two real-world settings and analyze data collected at both locations.

Race and Spacepart of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities This assignment exposes students to racial inequalities in their own communities and helps them to identify the impact of racial segregation on quality of life. The big ideas in this assignment are racial inequality, residential segregation, and environmental justice.

Arctic Climate Curriculum, Activity 1: Exploring the Arcticpart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Climate Change:Activities This activity introduces students to the Arctic, including different definitions of the Arctic and exploration of the Arctic environment and Arctic people. Students set out on a virtual exploration of the ...

Annotating Change in Satellite Imagespart of Examples During this exercise, students compare a series of satellite images taken 3-4 years apart to investigate the effects of human land use and annotate the images using ImageJ software.

Where is North?part of Examples Students use a microcomputer connected to a magnetic field sensor to measure the magnitude and direction of their local Earth's magnetic field .